House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument Act
Sponsor: Rep. Bennie Thompson D-MSWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 29, 2018
- Committee actionFeb 14, 2018
- Passed HouseMay 15, 2018 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 15, 2018 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 657.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4895.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4895, Medgar Evers Home National Monument Act” on April 5, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on February 14, 2018”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 5, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53714
- CBO publication date
- April 5, 2018
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4895, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4895
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4895, Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument Act” on November 21, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on November 15, 2018”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 21, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54837
- CBO publication date
- November 21, 2018
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4895, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4895
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: S. Rept. 115-370 ↗; H. Rept. 115-632 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 15, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/SRPT/370
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/632 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4895, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4895
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 19, January 29, 2018, Page H677):Article IV, Section 3, clause 2 Article I, Section 8, clause 18 ____________________Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 29, 2018 ↗
Evidence
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 84 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4895, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4895
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 22, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.